Car-fender



J. LANDAU.-

(No Model.)

GAR FENDER.

No. 548,071. Patented 055. 15, 1895.

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JOHN LANDAU, OF. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,071, dated Gotober 15, 1895.

Application tiled May 21, 1895. Serial No. 550,078. (No model.)

To all whom it mayoonce'm Be it known that I, JOHN LANDAU, of Brooklyn,in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Fender, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved car-fender which is simple and durable in construction, arranged to readily pick up a person or obstruction on the track, and to assist in bringing the car to a standstill by braking the car.

The invention consists principally of a fender scoop or basket mounted to swing downwardly and a connection between the basket and the brake-shoes to apply the latter in case an obstruction passes into the basket.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of Ythis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same with the fender-basket in a lowermost position and the brake applied, and Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same with parts broken out.

The improved car-fender is provided with a scoop or basket A, provided with an approximately U-shaped frame A', bent downwardly and forwardly at its lower end, as is plainly indicated in the drawings. The body of the scoop or basket is formed by curved longitudinallyextending wires A2 or similarlycurved network attached at its lower end to the middle part of the LJ-shaped frame A and at its upper end to a cross-band A4 and near its middle to a cross-band A3. On the eXtreme upper ends of the said frame A are formed eyes A5, fitting into keepers B, attached to the front of the dashboard C of the car, the said eyes being engaged by pins D, held in the keepers, as is plainly shown in the drawings.

The lower end of the basket-frame A is provided with a transversely-extending bar A7, arranged under the Wires or netting A2 and carrying rearwardly-extending hooks A,

of which the following is a full,

adapted to be hooked into eyes E', formed on the outer ends of rods E, fitted to slide longitudinally in suitable bearings or brackets F and F', attached to the under side of the carplatform. The rear ends of the said rods E are adapted to engage the brake-shoes G, of the usual construction, so as to force the said brake-shoes in frictional contact with the carwheels H at the time a person or other obstruction is struck by the scoop or basket A, Whichscoop or basket, in consequence of such contact with a person or object, swings downward, as indicated in Fig. 2. Normally, however, the basket'A and also the rods E are held in such a position that the brake-shoes G are released, as indicated in Fig. l, and for this purpose springs I are employed on the rods E and rest with one end on the brackets F and at the other end on collars E2, secured to the rods E, as will be readily understood by reference to the drawings. By this arrangement the operator can manipulate the brake-shoes G in the usual manner for stop ping the car whenever passengers desire to get on or off without interfering at allwith the position of the basket or scoop A; but when a person or other obstruction is struck by the scoop and falls into thelatter then the scoop swings downward, with the pins D as the fulcrum, whereby a rearward push is given to the rods E by the hooks A6, and consequently the rear ends of the rods E push the brake-shoes G in frictional contact with the front car-wheels H to brake the car.

It is understood that the scoop A normally stands with its front end a suitable distance above the top surface of the track; but when the scoop strikes an obstruction at the front cross-rod of the frame A then the said scoop swings downward, as previously mentioned, and consequently the person or obstruction is scooped up and must necessarily fall into the basket.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Acar fender,comprising a scoop or basket mounted to swing at its upper end from the dash-board of the car, hooks held on the lower end of the said scoop, spring-pressed bars fitted to slide on the car and engaged by the IOO said hooks, the said bars engaging the brake shoes, and acting to force the latter in contact with the car Wheels Whenever the said basket strikes or receives an obstruction, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a car fender, the combination of a baskei: composed of a U-shaped bar having rods between its arms and having eyes formed at the extremities of its arms, brackets on the platform to which said eyes are connected, hooks extending rearwardly from the lower sides of the basket, and spring-pressed bars respectively connected to the hooks and mounted at the bottom of the car, substantially as described.

JOHN LANDAU.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. I-IosTER,

JNO. M. RITTER. 

